Editor offers 35 predictions for the new year
By: Mary Kate Dorr – Asst. A&E Editor
Editor’s Note: Although there are plenty of things to look forward to in 2015, the asst. A&E editor believes that some things will never change. Here are some of her predictions of what will likely remain the same in the new year.
Editor’s Note: Although there are plenty of things to look forward to in 2015, the asst. A&E editor believes that some things will never change. Here are some of her predictions of what will likely remain the same in the new year.
- Someone will be offended by a political decision or issue.
- The same person will clog your Facebook newsfeed with overly-opinionated statuses regarding said issue, being sure to include unnecessary hashtags.
- A Duggar will get married, give birth or enter a courtship, and a special about it will premiere on TLC.
- Something dramatic will happen at an awards show.
- You will spend entirely too much time in line at Chipotle.
- A football team that is not the one you have been cheering for all season will win the Super Bowl.
- A group of people will make a YouTube video dancing to an upbeat, popular song and it will go viral.
- People will try to guess the royal baby’s birthday, time of birth, gender and name.
- Girls everywhere will tweet about their obsession with the royal family #MrsPrinceHarry #LoveMe.
- A forgotten star will try to make a comeback on a reality TV show.
- People will try to come up with clever names as what to call Bill Clinton if Hillary announces her candidacy.
- A distant relative will comment “What a great looking group!” on one of your friend’s Facebook photos.
- Taylor Swift will continue not to date anyone to prove that she is not a serial dater and can write meaningful songs without romantic undertones like “Shake It Off.”
- You will begin a Netflix series at the busiest point in the semester and prioritize it over any actual responsibilities.
- Ellen DeGeneres will make someone who doesn’t deserve to be famous, famous.
- People will post on social media how little it costs to fill up their gas tank.
- You will have unpleasant conversation with someone you don’t like from high school.
- A trend from the ’60s, ’70s, ’80s or ’90s will become wildly popular.
- You will try to pull off this trend and fail miserably.
- A Kardashian will be on the cover of several magazines/tabloids for no apparent reason.
- People will continue to make puns with the word “bae” in it.
- Apple will release a new device or update that everyone will pre-order or download then complain about insistently.
- The final “Hunger Games” movie will be just as heartbreaking and disappointing as the book.
- People who are not Irish will celebrate St. Patrick’s Day while telling everyone that they are not actually Irish.
- Students will #tbt pictures of UD making it to the Elite Eight throughout all of March Madness.
- Pitbull will release a new song that opens with “Mr. Worldwide.”
- Another restaurant will display the calorie count under your favorite entree sending you spiraling into self-loathing.
- You will start a diet or new work out plan that lasts as long as your next McDonald’s craving.
- People will not talk about soccer at all because it’s not the World Cup, and everyone only pretended to be interested because we’re patriotic #USAUSAUSA.
- A country song about trucks, beer and women will become annoyingly popular.
- You will get an Instagram or Twitter request from someone in your family too old to have a social media account. (@Gammy_GG?)
- Your friends and coworkers will quote the only Super Bowl commercial you liked until it is no longer funny (because it really wasn’t that great to begin with).
- Someone will win “Survivor,” “American Idol” and “The Amazing Race” and continue to be irrelevant like all other winners since 2007.
- Your parents will try to ground you while home before you remind them that you’re 20-something years old and, like, basically an adult.
- Because you’re, like, basically an adult, you will make a promise to have a productive year, when really you’ll spend a majority of it watching Netflix or something.